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Here’s Mike Ford in August of 1963 inside the Ford Cottage. The window behind Mike afforded a clear view of much of the Lake Michigan beach front where he and his brothers and sister would go sailing with Miss Lound.
“They tipped the sailboat over several times,” recalls Miss Lound, “ and knocked me into the water, but we were all excellent swimmers so we just got back into the boat. Sometimes the boys just did this for fun.”
Eleven-year-old Jack Ford stands near the Ford Cottage in the “zig zag” sidewalk switchback which connects the upper and lower walks adjacent to the Ford Cottage.
Thirty-three years later, Jack Ford recalled these tranquil vacation days:
“Some of my fondest memories were spending every summer at Ottawa
Susan Ford, age six, burned her left foot at the 1963 Labor Day cottagers’ picnic when she stepped on some hot coals. “The boys and Susan were very friendly, very open, easy to get along with - just like their parents,” recalls Miss Lound.
This picture taken inside the Ford cottage shows Susan sitting in one of the Ford family’s split bamboo-wrapped chairs, which are still in the cottage.
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